The MTA has decided to use “virus killing” ultraviolet lamps to help keep buses and subway trains clean amide the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the New York Post, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said in a statement that the lamps will be used in select trains, buses and agency facilities. The decision was made after the MTA and Dr. David Brenner, director of the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University, conducted a series of tests for months.
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Dr.Brenner says the far-UVC lights are not harmful to humans and the MTA said the lamps will be during overnight station closures, in yards and depot along with being out of view for straphangers.
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The MTA will be paying $1 million to PURO Lighting for the lights but maybe expanding their contract if the lamps prove to be successful. Currently, subway stations have been closed overnight so MTA workers can thoroughly clean each subway car and station to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.